pleyadella Lamarck, 1816 Asterias

Asterias pleyadella Lamarck, 1816: 553 .

Protoreaster sp. ‒ Jangoux 2021: 239.

CURRENT STATUS. — Nomen dubium recognized as Protoreaster sp.

TYPE MATERIAL. — South Seas • 2 syntypes; Baudin expedition 1800-1804; Péron & Lesueur leg.; MNHN-IE-2014-124.

REMARKS

Photographs and original drawings of A. pleyadella syntype are presented in Jangoux (2021: 240 fig. 30).

Lamarck’s syntypes are juvenile Protoreaster, a genus that commonly occur in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean.